Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting binutils package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-BINUTILS-10872117
  • published21 Jul 2025
  • disclosed13 Jul 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 Jul 2025

NewCVE-2025-7545  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow via the heap process. An attacker can execute arbitrary code, cause a denial of service, or alter data by providing crafted input to the affected binary tools after gaining local access.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1